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Assignment on Diabetes Mellitus

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Added on  2019-12-04

Assignment on Diabetes Mellitus

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Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................3Q 1 Key areas for initial assessment ...............................................................................................3Test to confirm the diagnosis of Diabetes........................................................................................3Q 2 Description of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes..............................................................................4Difference in clinical presentation of type 1 and type 2 diabetes....................................................5Q 3 Two macro-vascular and three microvascular complications of diabetes.................................5Test used to screen three microvascular complications...................................................................6Q 4 Assess the ongoing levels of glycaemic control in patient with diabetes type 2 .....................7Pharmacological strategies for improving glycaemic controls........................................................7CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................................7REFERENCES.....................................................................................................................................9
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INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus or type 2 is a disorder that is characterized by increase in blood sugarlevels, resistance in insulin and lack of insulin in body (Armstrong, Harskamp and Armstrong,2013). Common symptoms of diabetes mellitus 2 are increase in thirst level, frequency of urinationand unreasoning loss in body weight of an individual. Other symptoms include increased hunger,feeling of fatigue and tiredness throughout the day and long time for healing of injuries. Thesesymptoms can be controlled but the adversities due to this metabolic disorder has long termcomplication on a person. Long term complications in case of type 2 diabetes may includecardiovascular disorders, strokes, retinopathy, nephrological disorders and blindness in some cases(Aschner, Horton and Skyler, 2010).The overall report will be based on type 2 diabetes that is caused due to obesity and lack ofphysical activity. The study will discuss key areas which are required for initial assessment. Thereport will also discuss test required to diagnose diabetes in patients. Further, causes andpathophysiology of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes will be explored. Lastly the report will includetwo macro and micro complications associated with diabetes.Q 1 Key areas for initial assessment Jazminder has recently visited a surgical department and is concerned that she mayencounter diabetes because her sister has been diagnosed with diabetes and she has increased risk ofdeveloping the same condition. There are several key areas that needs to be assessed concerningdiabetes.For confirming whether Jazminder has diabetes or not it is very necessary to carry differenttypes of test so that results inferred from them can justify whether diabetes is present or not(Asija, 2014).Urine sample will be collected which is the initial criteria for assessment of presence ofdiabetes. On normal evaluation urine samples do not contain glucose levels but if Jazminderhas encountered diabetes then the urine samples will detect the presence of glucose in it.Further if urine samples have detected glucose then a specialised blood test is performed thatconfirms the presence of diabetes. The test is generally known as glycated haemoglobin(HbA1c) which measures the glucose levels of previous months also (Boström and et.al,2014).Test to confirm the diagnosis of Diabetes.Based on the current guidelines and there are several tests that will confirm diagnosis ofdiabetes in Jazminder. Test are discussed below.Random blood sugar test: In this type of blood testing a blood sample is recorded at a random time
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